Central Park, NYC Tuesday, May 30, 2017 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, & many other observers
Highlights: Olive-sided Flycatcher & 12 species of Wood Warblers Canada Goose - pair with 3 goslings Reservoir Wood Duck - male Turtle Pond Gadwall - male Turtle Pond Mallard - residents Mourning Dove - residents Chimney Swift - around 2 dozen Reservoir Herring Gull - flyovers, around 40 Reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - around 20 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - a few on the Reservoir Black-crowned Night-Heron - Upper Lobe Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents Downy Woodpecker - residents Northern Flicker - residents Olive-sided Flycatcher - calling at the top of the Point Eastern Wood-Pewee - Turtle Pond, Gill Overlook Empidonax Flycatcher - Tupelo Field (briefly perched on fence) Great Crested Flycatcher - Gill Overlook, Mugger's Woods, & Azalea Pond Warbling Vireo - territories at Maintenance Field & the Point Red-eyed Vireo - eating cherries above the Gill & others elsewhere in the Ramble Blue Jay - residents Northern Rough-winged Swallow - with Barn Swallows at the Reservoir Barn Swallow - at least 6 Reservoir Swainson's Thrush - Gill Overlook American Robin - residents Gray Catbird - residents House Finch - at least 6 Turtle Pond (mostly in birches) Ovenbird - 2 (Shakespeare Garden & Mugger's Woods) Black-and-white Warbler - 2 females (Warbler Rock & Shakespeare Garden) Common Yellowthroat - 2 males (Shakespeare Garden & the Point) American Redstart - 6 Northern Parula - Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock Blackburnian Warbler - 2 (male Gill Overlook, female on the Point) Yellow Warbler - female on the Point Chestnut-sided Warbler - male Mugger's Woods Blackpoll Warbler - mlae on the Point Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 (Turtle Pond & male in Mugger's Woods) Canada Warbler - 2 (female on the Point, male at Gill Overlook) Wilson's Warbler - male on the Point White-throated Sparrow - 2 (Gill Overlook & the Point) Northern Cardinal - residents Red-winged Blackbird - heard Baltimore Oriole - 4 Common Grackle - some juveniles around with their parents Jeff Ritter reported a Blackburnian Warbler at the Maintenance Field early this morning. Deb Allen -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --